Beginner or Newbie Tasker Tutorials

By Zack Vogel - September 27, 2013

The goal of this is to create simple Tasker tutorials that the general person can use. Since I'm a newbie too, I figure it would be best to document my journey in tasker for others to follow and post simple tutorials to best automate your phone.

1. When connected to bluetooth, launch your music app and start playing. This is ideal when getting in/out of the car or any other circumstance.

+ (new profile) --> State --> Net --> Bluetooth Connected

+ (new task) --> App --> Load app --> Choose your music app

Task --> Wait --> 1 Second

Media Control --> Play [Simulated Only]

You should now have 3 actions under your "Play Music" task. You can click the "play" button on the button left to test and make sure it launches your music app and starts playing.

Secure Settings --> Pattern Lock Disabled (It does not matter if you select "enter patten once before disabling, I do not have it checked and I still will have to enter the pattern once about 9/10 times)

+(new exit task named 'Lock Enabled') --> Task --> Wait --> 2 Seconds

Secure Settings --> Pattern Lock Enabled

Note: if you have a lock other than pattern, I suggest that you go through tasker and try 'disable keyguard'. If that doesn't work, move on to Secure Settings.